before i start i guess i should say that i'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but since most of the HTC dream users are t-mo customers i wanna know if this has happened to anyone else or if there is a way to stop this from happening.
i got my phone and not a few days later i started to receive calls from verizon wireless asking to talk to a certain person and i repeatedly told them that i did not know this person and i wanted to be removed from their calling list. i called t-mobile about the issue as well as verizon and no one had any help and they all said that my number was not in their database as a valid number and that i was not receiving the calls. t-mo actually told me that the signals were getting crossed in the air and somehow ending up at my phone rather than the intended person's phone. after several calls to t-mo and verizon and altell(and wasting over 300 of my minutes) i was told that my number had been removed and i would not recieve the calls again, but if i did t-mo offered to change my number. i didn't want to change my number since i have had to change it before because of a crazy ex, so i decided to wait it out. nearly a month went by and i started recieving the calls again so i got my number changed two nights ago.
ten minutes after i got my number changed i started recieving blocked calls from someone asking to talk to someone completely different than before, this was a company and i know this because it was always a different person asking to talk to the same person. i was wondering if anyone else has had this issue, and if there is an app for android similar to callfirewall on WM that would allow me to blocked all unknown numbers. or even better i would like to get the number that is calling me and i would prefer to do it without the police(i don't get along well with them).
quite frankly i would like to be able to forward all calls from the unknown number right back to the same number since they are likely to have different lines and then i don't have to deal with the number calling me anymore. if anyone has any idea how to get the number please let me know, i asked t-mobile and they refused to release the number to me and said that they had no way of getting the number for me.
thanks in advance for your help.
T-Mobile do re-issue numbers fairly quickly, atleast they do in the UK... I changed my number a little while back, less than a fortnight later someone spoke to me saying they'd tried to contact me but got someone else...
I don't think it is possible to do any form of subscriber lookup with software as the number is not available at point of contact with the handset. In the UK reverse lookup and subscriber lookup isn't possible at all for the average Joe, but not sure on the laws within the States...
Re aborting "unknown caller" calls, there must be a developer out there that can knock something up, as the capabilities are on the handset for known numbers by editing the contact and ticking the send to answerphone...
If you do get something, please post the details on here, as I would like to have the option to refuse with-held and unknown callers also.
Cheers!
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if anyone has any idea how to get the number please let me know, i asked t-mobile and they refused to release the number to me and said that they had no way of getting the number for me.
thanks in advance for your help.
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TMobile will not help you with this. I'm sorry but that's the case. The only thing they can do for you is, as you already mentioned, change your number.
Today is your lucky day:
Google "TrapCall" There is a free trial for their premium services which will not only tell you what blocked number is calling, but also release all the billing information/address for that blocked number. You will never be harassed again! I use it all the time! Let us know what you find out!
TrapCall looks impressive, if only it were possible and legal to use in the UK! lol
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TrapCall looks impressive, if only it were possible and legal to use in the UK! lol
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Ah, I'm not too sure about that... I live in the US so it works fine here.
As I said, I highly recommend it for people living in the US, try it out on your friends, and see how it works.
when i attempted trapcall, i did the programming my phone step and it gave me an error, something about an unexpected response from the network, or something about not being able to set up call forwarding. i assumed it was something i did wrong and didn't work too much on it last night, but i'm gonna give it a second look today to see
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when i attempted trapcall, i did the programming my phone step and it gave me an error, something about an unexpected response from the network, or something about not being able to set up call forwarding. i assumed it was something i did wrong and didn't work too much on it last night, but i'm gonna give it a second look today to see
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Yeah, it can definately be a little difficult to set up at first.. just have it forward to the number they give you. I actually did it on my ATT phone I had. When I bought an ADP1 and put the SIM card in there. It still kept the data. This is probably something stored on the SIM card.
i did finally get it set up, hopefully they call soon so i can forward them to another person that's harassing me, harrass them both by making them call eachother. fun for me
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When I first got my MDA the only contacts I had in the phone were from my SIM. Calls I got from those people displayed as I expected but calls from others simply showed as Unknown in the call display, even if the call was from a number that sent caller ID. I know this because I called it from my home phone -- a number that sent caller id info but wasn't on my SIM. Now, I've searched through the forums and haven't found anything about this. Did I miss something? I'd at least like to be able to see the calling number. I'm running the stock MDA.
I have had this problem on certain phones (not PPC phones) It was ALWAYS cingulars fault, they disabled caller ID on "accident" every time. It only happend when I would go to get a new phone.
Hope it helps, Later; Lew
My other experience is that it only sends the numbers, even on our phones. No Names. This could be Cingular, IDK, but that is my experience.
Yeah, well, so far it looks like I'm getting the numbers transmitted to the phone because everybody on my contact list shows up OK whereas those not on my contact list show up as "Unknown". The other annoying things is that there is NO record (as far as I can find) of what number originated the call. Seems to me it might be an option somewhere but I can't find one.
Nobody? Anybody?
Just occurred to me that I could call T-Mobile support and see what they say. 'll do that shortly and post what I get.
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Nobody? Anybody?
Just occurred to me that I could call T-Mobile support and see what they say. I'll do that shortly and post what I get.
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I've called twice and both times have gotten answers that were decidedly not useful. It sounds, though, like the phone app just won't tell me who's calling if I don't have them in my contacts. Does this strike anyone else as dumb?
Hey guys(gals),
I have an interesting dilemma. I have had 5 hero's in a month. One was defective hardware (so we can rule that out, it was the green phone button) but the other 3 have had an interesting issue. I will have the phone for about 4 days (this is with stock android, and two rooted with MoDoCo) and then all data ( including texts, voicemails, incoming calls) will stop. They only way to retrieve said data is to make an outgoing call, then everything floods in. The local sprint store keeps replacing the phone, but I refuse to believe that I am that unlucky. Any thoughts? Anyone having a similar issue?
--Matt
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Hey guys(gals),
I have an interesting dilemma. I have had 5 hero's in a month. One was defective hardware (so we can rule that out, it was the green phone button) but the other 3 have had an interesting issue. I will have the phone for about 4 days (this is with stock android, and two rooted with MoDoCo) and then all data ( including texts, voicemails, incoming calls) will stop. They only way to retrieve said data is to make an outgoing call, then everything floods in. The local sprint store keeps replacing the phone, but I refuse to believe that I am that unlucky. Any thoughts? Anyone having a similar issue?
--Matt
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Do you have a significant other that could use your phone on their plan for a few days to rule out your account specifically?
Your issues sound strange, and not related to the phone. It's hard for me to believe (like you also) that its the phone since you've had four of them now with the same issue. Also, you've tried different roms, so that also makes it more difficult to be a phone issue. Are you just running a bone stock one? Or are you installing particular apps? you might see if you can't replicate it with no additional software for a few days.
@kmart
My Father and I are on the the same plan, (i.e. both on unl.) so that rules out service. The last phone, (no. 4) I left bone stock. No extra apps (except for Handcent SMS [ on a side note, I have run both ChompSMS and Handcent, so I do not think it is either]) and it still had the same exact issues.
27s said:
Hey guys(gals),
I have an interesting dilemma. I have had 5 hero's in a month. One was defective hardware (so we can rule that out, it was the green phone button) but the other 3 have had an interesting issue. I will have the phone for about 4 days (this is with stock android, and two rooted with MoDoCo) and then all data ( including texts, voicemails, incoming calls) will stop. They only way to retrieve said data is to make an outgoing call, then everything floods in. The local sprint store keeps replacing the phone, but I refuse to believe that I am that unlucky. Any thoughts? Anyone having a similar issue?
--Matt
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Sounds like a problem with you account's provisioning or something. Mostly, it just sounds like a huge pain in the ass.
27s said:
Hey guys(gals),
I have an interesting dilemma. I have had 5 hero's in a month. One was defective hardware (so we can rule that out, it was the green phone button) but the other 3 have had an interesting issue. I will have the phone for about 4 days (this is with stock android, and two rooted with MoDoCo) and then all data ( including texts, voicemails, incoming calls) will stop. They only way to retrieve said data is to make an outgoing call, then everything floods in. The local sprint store keeps replacing the phone, but I refuse to believe that I am that unlucky. Any thoughts? Anyone having a similar issue?
--Matt
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I had this exact same issue with my phone, it is definitely an account issue, get your msl number from them, mine was fixed after I did a ##786# menu then reset
they disabled texts and reenabled them on my account before they did this, and then they worked ever since
Have you changed your mode of operation setting? I haven't ever changed this but had a co-worker who changed it on his hero and it stopped getting text messages and voicemails until he made a phone call, once he changed it back it started working fine. Mode of operation needs to be set to Hybrid. You can find it under Settings->Wireless Controls->Mobile Network Settings. Hope this helps
Hey guys,
Thanks for the help, so no dice. I have left my Mode of Ops. in Hybrid (although, if you leave it on Ev-do is is kosher) and doing a reset does not work...It is a huge pain in the arse....
Well sh*t. I thought the last phone was the key, but here we go again. I got my MSL and did a reset, no dice, got Another phone....phone No. 6...Sprint has no idea what the hell is going on. Personally, I think something in the phone is crashing software. I have no idea what could be, but wtf.
I've had similar issues before. It's definitely an account issue - not on your billing account, but your specific phone number in the carrier's system.
What I did was fight for months with Sprint, kept talking to retarded tech support reps who know absolutely nothing, fighting with their managers, fighting with their 2nd and 3rd level tiers, and been told 1000 times my issue was fixed, just to have it reoccur in a month.
Honestly, unless you feel like fighting like that, I suggest you call your carrier and ask for a new number. When they create a new number for you, your account is practically changed, and everything will work like new. You just have to suffer with a new number, which is only annoying for a month or so until everyone updates to your new number.
Good luck man, I hate when that kinda crap happens. Not so much because of the issue, but mainly because no carrier has any sort of good tech support and would rather hang up on you than try and troubleshoot anything. They're completely stupid.
Well, to be honest, I have to keep this number, it is my business number..So, what I am going to do is keep going to into the headquarters store here in omaha. Then. Once I get to about phone no.7/8/9 I am going to call sprint retention services. At that point I will have 7/8/9 phones on record, and they will fix it and give me the 3 months free, or I will walk. I like sprint better than others around here, but damn I am getting pissed...
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Well, to be honest, I have to keep this number, it is my business number..So, what I am going to do is keep going to into the headquarters store here in omaha. Then. Once I get to about phone no.7/8/9 I am going to call sprint retention services. At that point I will have 7/8/9 phones on record, and they will fix it and give me the 3 months free, or I will walk. I like sprint better than others around here, but damn I am getting pissed...
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Yeah dude. I was pissed too. Good luck man, I know how you feel. Sprint is great, but when they f**k up they really f**k up and it's a pain in the ass to get things fixed.
27s, this isn't a retention issue, this is a Tier 3 tech support issue. They need to go into your account and completely deconstruct it, and put it back together again. Basically, it's a glitch in the system causing your provisioning to bork itself. I've seen it before, and yes, it's a pain in the ass to fix, but if you get a caring/dedicated tech, it's not even close to impossible.
Frankly, call into sprint, get on the line for tech support. As soon as you connect, ask for ADVANCED tech support. Don't give up until you're on the line with them. They'll be your saviors in this issue, mark my words.
Edit: For the record, I'm a former Sprint tech. I've had to do this before for customers, so I've had experience in the issue.
Hey thanks for the advice....I will do this first thing tomorrow....I don't suppose retention will give me anything will they....The sprint store in omaha is like 100 blocks from my house....gas$$$...haha
For all of you who are running wavesecure, don't make the same mistake I did!
Here's wat happened:
I lost my phone after a short walk around the block. I tried to call it to hear if I maybe left it in the pub where I was at the moment.
I called it three times, but the fourth time some ***hole turned my phone off so I succesfully tracked the location a few times and eventually locked it with a message to bring it back to the pub I was in.
This was a big mistake! he never turned it on again. He ended up with a fourhundred euro brick well **** 'm then
I couldn't live without a Hero, so the next day I bought a new one
But my advise to all of you is:
1: Run WaveSecure Preferably cooked into MoDaCo's Custom Rom
2: If your phone gets stolen or if you lose it DON'T LOCK IT, just track the location and the SIM. Until you have enough information to go to the police or something, or go pick it up yourself ofcourse
sorry to hear that buddy...
if someone stole it.. and you lock the phone..
I guess 99% of the time... the phone will go into a trash can
or
they will throw it at the wall to take out their frustration on it, and see how many pieces will hit the ground!!
well its better for it to be trashed than for the thief to sell it and make money.
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For all of you who are running wavesecure...
1: Run WaveSecure Preferably cooked into MoDaCo's Custom Rom
2: If your phone gets stolen or if you lose it DON'T LOCK IT, just track the location and the SIM. Until you have enough information to go to the police or something, or go pick it up yourself ofcourse
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@1. Absolutely, there is virtually no point in using WS if it isn't in a ROM. You can actually do it to any ROM, since all the update.zip file does is copies the apk file into /system/app instead of /data/app. That way it cannot be uninstalled through the normal 'market' method.
@2. That's a valid point! I suggest people who need to should set a 15minute tracker on it (can be done from the website). I wouldn't suggest manually locking it out, but I might contact the dev and suggest a 'stealth' mode that would allow you to track the phone, and basically turn it into one huge piece of 'spyware' when enabled. Legal issues could be a problem there though, as in nanny state UK, the thief of your phone would have the same rights to privacy of his/her illegal use of you contract as you would have normally.
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A friend of mine had their PAYG phone stolen. So I called up for them (because 'I'm good with these sorts of things', apparently, and got the SIM cancelled. I checked the balance on the phone, and they told me there was about £1 off it since the theft. I had answered all the usual security questions like 'How much did you last top up by?' and 'How do you normally top up?' and 'What postcode do you tend to keep your phone in most of the time (ie. overnight)?' etc.
So, I asked them if they could give any details of the usage, and after a bit of polite chat and banter, they said there were quite a lot of SMS messages sent to various numbers, but they couldn't give any more details. I considered escalating this issue, as the account holder was my friend (who was sat beside me at the time listening on speaker phone, and who was happy for me to 'act on his behalf', yet they wouldn't tell us any of the details. They also claimed to not be able to track the Cell-ID of the phone, which I know is nonsense, as their own security question was to do with where the phone is normally kept overnight. If they had given a postcode, that could have been given to the police officer who had been 'assigned' the case.
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But the network wouldn't give the info to the 'account holder', so I would strongly recommend that everyone installs WS, at least before 31 Jan, so they get it free on their IMEI for life. That way, you can locate the phone every 15 mins, and also use 'backup' to see their call history/SMS history. Could help get it back, or at least 'intimidate' them if you live in a country where you actually have a right to your own property...
But let's not let this go off-topic, so sorry for the rant, but yes, I think WS is important to be installed to ROM (ie. Modaco)
I looke at this app, but there is a strange behaviour with sms sent with charges because of an international location, am i wrong ?
Ciao
Fred
I've not found any international SMS charges.
AFAIK, they use data for all communications back to the servers. The only times I've seen SMS are that if you forget your PIN, the app will send it via SMS to a buddy (who is usually in your country).
Also during activation, it sends an SMS to you, (but in the UK SMS is free to receive, and calls are free to receive). Also, locking the phone via internet or by SMS will result in an SMS sent from them or another phone, but again it is only receiving the SMS...
Do you pay to receive SMS where you are? Otherwise it seems to use data as its main communication medium.
My latest phonebill was exactly the same as the one before and on WS's site it says that it's completely free of charge for android I recall.
This guy still hasen't turned it on, lost hope a little bit, but I still check every day to be sure.
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I've not found any international SMS charges.
AFAIK, they use data for all communications back to the servers. The only times I've seen SMS are that if you forget your PIN, the app will send it via SMS to a buddy (who is usually in your country).
Also during activation, it sends an SMS to you, (but in the UK SMS is free to receive, and calls are free to receive). Also, locking the phone via internet or by SMS will result in an SMS sent from them or another phone, but again it is only receiving the SMS...
Do you pay to receive SMS where you are? Otherwise it seems to use data as its main communication medium.
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No i don't pay, but i'm interested in this app - of course !!! - and i read comments on the androlib site about those international sms and charges ...
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Fred
This app is awesome. For me it nearly beats locale. I lost my phone on a drunken night and did a locator search for it. It pinpointed to the exact location where my phone was. I left my phone with a mate and forgot to get it back. But the sheer usefulness of the locator is a win for me. Yes i would even pay for this app as well!
If you don't have GPS turned on at the time, can you get it to turn on so it can be tracked?
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If you don't have GPS turned on at the time, can you get it to turn on so it can be tracked?
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Sadly no, but it uses google's location service which works with wifi, network, or GPS, so if gps is turned on and you track the phone you get an exact location.
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Sadly no, but it uses google's location service which works with wifi, network, or GPS, so if gps is turned on and you track the phone you get an exact location.
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Good stuff.
Thanks
Hmmm. You should maybe send a wipe command to the phone too. If it is ever turned on, all your personal data will be gone from it.
Have you checked the last SIM number in it was yours (I think it's under Track on the WS site)?
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Hmmm. You should maybe send a wipe command to the phone too. If it is ever turned on, all your personal data will be gone from it.
Have you checked the last SIM number in it was yours (I think it's under Track on the WS site)?
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Already did, he never turned it on again. Eventually, just to be safe I blocked my SIM via my provider. So now it can't receive SMS's anymore, so I can't give any commands anymore. But if he puts in another SIM I can track it again plus I know his phonenumber so I can terrorise him, or the second better option is to go to the police with his number
Yeah. If they try to use it, WS servers will find out the number. Have you looked at IMEI barring it (presume you're on GSM) via. your network. But it might be more 'fun' not to. Maybe in a while they'll think the heat is off and turn the phone back on with a SIM...
That's when the 'fun' begins Do the police in Netherlands do anything about this sort of thing? Here in the UK they'll do naff all unless you can tell them who's got it or where it is. That's where WS comes in...
Either that, or you could sign them up to loads of premium-rate reverse-billed SMS subscriptions on their no. (presuming that is legal over there cough cough!) That could be quite amusing to sign them up to all these €3 per SMS ringtone and game services. xD
Disclaimer: This idea was your own. Nobody suggested it to you
double post. Sorry
So what if the thief uninstall WS?
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So what if the thief uninstall WS?
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Hi
As I understand it
Modaco 2.0 has ws in cooked into the sys
So it can not be deleted
Even if you do a hardrest, it will still survive
Oh okey thats smart ^^
Ok to make a long story short i was over at the sprint forums and I was talking to a rep how I had huge text message delays like 6+ hour delays.. they would get my messages quick (people I send them to) however the message I would get back from them is huge..
Anyways they checked the tower in my area and it was find however they noticed my handset had a few messages trying to get to the device but unable to.. something like m buffer (2).. anyways he gave me some short codes to try before doing a reset.. and thats where I have my issue now...
The first one I did was the handset activation one I guess and I saw no change.. so I did the reset and now I'm getting a SMS Error Radio Interface Resource Shortage error.. unable to make any calls without hearing a error message recording.
in his message to me he said that for the reset I would enter in the code and all and it would reset but it just hangs at saying "Please wait while committing change..." it's been like this for at least 10 min.. and to make sure it was nothing in the background I wiped the phoen clean and tried to do it again and same hanging up...
Any suggestions?
OMG.. Sprint CS...
So I signed up with the Sero plan when I got my Evo because of the referral code and whatnot.. So I call Customer service and I could already tell when the guy spoke the first few lines that he was going to be a handful and sure enough I gave him my phone number and account name and he was Like...
OH wait this account is locked and I say to me locked what? and He was like this is a company phone and you need them to call and I'm like what are you talking about... I've never had this issue before with anyone else..
So he gives me some number 800-927-2199
and I can see it now.. I call and they are going to send me back and forth...
Reason why I'm calling sprint now is while the Sprint rep on the sprint form helped me I'm left with unable to make calls (gives a switch and error code) and SMS does not work.. oddly data works...
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Wow what a ride.. it's a pain if you call from another Sprint phone under another person's name...
Anyways I called and a guy who I knew by the sound of his voice was going to give me a hard time and as soon as he saw my account was a sero plan he was like I can't help you and gave me the number for the business end of Sprint.. I called back again and I got this nice lady that helped me and then when she was unable to do anything she sent me to tech support and they were able to help me.. I did not get any of those pending messages yet.. but I did send a message between the two phones and it's really fast like 2-4 seconds.
also it pays to call back more then once.. you would think they would all get the same training but it's like hit or miss with Sero people..
Been a member for a few years, but generally just read and give thanks. However, over the weekend I ran into some issues with my wife's phone and was hoping someone might be able to help me out.
My wife has a nexus one running CM7.2
The problem started on Friday night and has persisted through last night. Random people are receiving phone calls and texts with their caller ID showing my wife's phone number on their caller ID. At first we thought it might be crossed signals and did not pay attention. Until last night when the calls were escalating in a manner that we finally contacted the police. Unfortunately they said there is nothing they could do as no criminal act has actually been committed and to contact our service provider.
We contacted T-mobile and all they said was to change numbers, which we are going to do when she gets home from work. My concern is if they somehow cloned her phone or I dont even know what is possible with technology would they not have all of her IMEI information to just repeat the process?
I wanted to know if anyone has heard of something like this before. If so any suggestions or what to do besides just changing numbers.
Thank you in advance!
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Been a member for a few years, but generally just read and give thanks. However, over the weekend I ran into some issues with my wife's phone and was hoping someone might be able to help me out.
My wife has a nexus one running CM7.2
The problem started on Friday night and has persisted through last night. Random people are receiving phone calls and texts with their caller ID showing my wife's phone number on their caller ID. At first we thought it might be crossed signals and did not pay attention. Until last night when the calls were escalating in a manner that we finally contacted the police. Unfortunately they said there is nothing they could do as no criminal act has actually been committed and to contact our service provider.
We contacted T-mobile and all they said was to change numbers, which we are going to do when she gets home from work. My concern is if they somehow cloned her phone or I dont even know what is possible with technology would they not have all of her IMEI information to just repeat the process?
I wanted to know if anyone has heard of something like this before. If so any suggestions or what to do besides just changing numbers.
Thank you in advance!
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Did your wife download any app that could use your wife's phone number to appear for outgoing call? What you can do is do a factory reset and then flash the ROM clean (i.e., no downloaded app) to see if the problems still persist. If you have strange calls and wanted to block them, then download an app called Mr. Number to block unwanted calls.
Thanks for the response. She only uses this phone for text and business calls now, so I am going to factory reset, wipe everything and resinstall all apps fresh and only apps she needs.
same issue with my friends phone
my friend is having same issue since an hour
but she is using some samsung android phone..
would like to no the solution to it..